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(oʊvəʳbɔːʳd)
1. adverb [ADVERB after verb]
If you fall overboard, you fall over the side of a boat into the water.
His sailing instructor fell overboard and drowned during a lesson.
He had jumped overboard in New York harbor and swum to shore.
2. 
See go overboard
3. 
See throw sth overboard

overboard in British English

(ˈəʊvəˌbɔːd)
adverb
1. 
from on board a vessel into the water
2.  go overboard
3.  throw overboard

overboard in American English

(ˈoʊvərˌbɔrd)
adverb
1. 
over a ship's side
2. 
from a ship into the water
Idioms:
go overboard
throw overboard
Word origin
ME ouer borde < OE ofor bord: see over & board

Examples of 'overboard' in a sentence
overboard

They'll either miss their fit altogether or go overboard.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Two rafts were thrown overboard.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She seems to be trying to jump overboard but is being physically restrained.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The economic optimists also have gone a bit overboard.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is thought he jumped overboard due to guilt over his scam.
The Sun (2014)
Both scuba divers suffered fatal effects from an incident after they jumped overboard from their boat.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Need we forfeit "jettison" just because we have " throw overboard"?
Goshgarian, Gary Exploring language (6th edn) (1995)
You can go overboard in emphasizing your strengths and neglect the many other necessary ministries that make up a church.
Christianity Today (2000)
But to come back at me and reproach me for not winning the championship in that period is a bit overboard.
The Sun (2016)
Be careful not to go overboard.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But you go overboard in praising excessively the President from stepping back from the brink.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
She was thrown overboard as it slammed down on the boat's side.
The Sun (2015)
It's a very unnatural thing for them to have to jump overboard in those conditions.
The Sun (2008)
If any trainee messed up, they had to jump overboard.
The Sun (2015)
They pick up fish that have been thrown overboard from trawlers, and will catch fish themselves when necessary.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I began to feel very indignant with my friend for having stepped overboard and gone off in that way.
Jerome K. Jerome Three Men in a Boat (1889)
Plan a rough amount for each item and remember if you go overboard on one purchase, the other has to suffer.
The Sun (2013)

In other languages
overboard

British English: overboard ADVERB
If you fall overboard, you fall over the side of a boat into the water.
His sailing instructor fell overboard during a lesson.
  • American English: overboard
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ao mar
  • Chinese: 从船上 > 入水中 落
  • European Spanish: por la borda
  • French: par-dessus bord
  • German: über Bord
  • Italian: fuori bordo
  • Japanese: 船外に
  • Korean: >물속으로배 밖
  • European Portuguese: ao mar
  • Latin American Spanish: por la borda

Chinese translation of 'overboard'

overboard

(ˈəuvəbɔːd) (Naut)

adv

  1. 向船外 (xiàng chuánwài)
    to go overboard (on sth) (inf) (对(對)某事)走极(極)端 ((duì mǒushì) zǒu jíduān)

idioms

See go overboard
See throw something or someone overboard

Nearby words of
overboard

  • overbalance
  • overbearing
  • overblown
  • overboard
  • overcast
  • overcharge
  • overcome

Related terms of
overboard

  • go overboard
  • throw something or someone overboard

Synonyms of 'overboard'

overboard

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